Frozen yogurt. Global Panorama / Flickr Kayla Desroches/KMXT A self-serve froyo shop will open downtown this month. That’s frozen yogurt – it’s the healthier, lighter alternative to ice cream, and it comes in flavors like vanilla, chocolate, and a tart plain. But it also comes in fruity variations, like banana, or dessert-themed ones, like cheese cake. That’s the favorite of …
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Steamed butter clams. Yu Morita / Flickr Kayla Desroches/KMXT A person recently fell ill with parasitic shellfish poisoning after consuming butter clams from Roslyn beach in the Chiniak area. Julie Matweyou, Kodiak agent with the Alaska Seagrant Marine Advisory Program, says the incident was nonfatal, but the clam samples came back with an extremely high level of toxin. “Just to …
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On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches holds a discussion about the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting going on in Kodiak and the three trawl bycatch management alternatives. Julie Bonney, Duncan Fields, and Terry Haines join.
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Silvana Regina Sutanto. Photo via the Straits Times and Instagram /silsutantophoto Jay Barrett and Kayla Desroches/KMXT Authorities have identified the remains of a person who died in a fire at a Kodiak Island lodge as Silvana Sutanto, a 59-year-old Indonesian woman. At around 4 a.m. Thursday, a blaze broke out in the main guest cabin at the Spirit of Alaska …
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Silvana Regina Sutanto. Photo via the Straits Times and Instagram/silsutantophoto Jay Barrett and Kayla Desroches / KMXT The remains of a person who died in a fire at a Kodiak lodge may now have been identified. A little after 10 p.m. Thursday, Troopers on the vessel Chama’i landed at Uyak Bay, where a fire Thursday morning led to the death …
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A Norway rat. Photo byBayer CropScience UK / Flickr Kayla Desroches/KMXT It looks like it’ll be a ratty season for Kodiak. The rodents are running rampant this year, at least according to one local pest control technician, BJ Johnson from American Pest Management. “It is definitely a rat season. I monitor, because I’ve done it so long, I monitor the …
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Kayla Desroches/KMXT An ordinance for public hearing at the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly regular meeting Thursday sprung from public concern about engineering requirements. Those community voices spurred an attempt to relax restrictions for home owners building residences in the borough. At the regular meeting, Assemblyman Larry LeDoux spoke about the ordinance’s beginnings. “When I decided to run for the assembly …
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Fire burns the bunkhouse at the Spirit of Alaska Wilderness Adventures lodge in Uyak Bay on Kodiak Island, Alaska, June 2, 2016. One person died in the blaze and three were injured. U.S. Coast Guard photo. Jay Barrett and Kayla Desroches/KMXT A little after 10 p.m. Thursday, Troopers on the vessel Chama’i landed at Uyak Bay, where a fire yesterday …
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Borough clerk Nova Javier signs new assemblyman Scott Smiley onto assembly. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly has a new member to fill the place of Mel Stephens, who resigned from his position in April. Stephens did not give a reason for his decision, but it did come soon after the assembly voted to hire Kodiak’s new …
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Kayla Desroches/KMXT Providence Health & Services Alaska in Kodiak will hold its first Amblin’ for Alzheimer’s walk this month to fund local education and support for Alzheimer’s disease. Carlie Franz, Providence Kodiak marketing and communications specialist, says the money will go towards Anchorage-based Alzheimer’s Resource of Alaska, which sends representatives down to Kodiak to do outreach. One activity it provides …
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